Press Release

XLRI Completes Summer Internship 2019

22nd October, 2019

XLRI - Xavier School of Management announces the completion of its Summer Internship Placement Process (SIP) for the batch of 2019-21 within two days. The batch consisting 361 students has achieved 100% placement.

This year, the Summer Internship Process saw participation from 86 recruiters, including 11 first-time recruiters. The average stipend saw an increase to Rs. 1.2 lakh per month from Rs. 1.07 lakh per month in 2018. The median stipend offered too was Rs. 1.2 lakhs per month. The highest stipend stood at Rs. 2.5 lakhs per month offered in the BFSI sector.

The top segments based on roles offered were Consulting, Sales & Marketing, and BFSI. Consulting firms extended offers to 16% of the candidates. Sales & Marketing and BFSI constituted 40% and 17% of the roles offered to Business Management students respectively. Other roles included niche functions in Analytics, Product Management, Business Development, Brand Management, and Strategy. Organizations from a wide spectrum of sectors participated in the process, including FMCGs, Consulting, Pharma, IT and e-commerce, Auto, Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecom. Orgaizations who participated for the first time included firms such as Bain & Co., Amazon, NIIF, PhonePe, Udaan, Shell, Diageo, Ola, Adani, Rupeek and others.

"This has been a good year for summer recruitments. We are extremely grateful to all the recruiters for showing belief in the XLRI institutional brand and our students. The spectacular placements achieved this year is a testament to our diverse talent pool and the XLRI brand and has raised the bar for placements in B-schools in the country," commented Fr. P. Christie S.J., Director, XLRI- Xavier School of Management.

Sector-wise Turnout:

HR

Widely regarded as the best college in the country for HR, HR roles were offered by firms spanning the spectrum such as P&G, Mondelez, Nestle, RB, Colgate Palmolive, RPG, Accenture, ITC, Udaan, PhonePe, Reliance, Ola, Bajaj, Coca Cola, CISCO Mars and others. HR roles offered also included recruitment, HR consulting and HR analytics.

Consulting

Consulting was a big draw this year with firms such as The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Co., AT Kearney, Accenture Strategy, EY, PWC, Kornferry, KPMG, Aon and others participating in the process.

XLRI has established itself as a campus preferred by FMCGs and the trend continued this year with top firms such as P&G, Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, Mondelez, ITC, RB, Colgate Palmolive, J&J, Asian Paints, Samsung, Philips, Coca Cola, Marico, Mars, Pidilite, GSK, Diageo, AbInBev, Dr Reddy's and other participating. The process also saw participation from other firms in this segment such as Star, Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Roles in Sales & Marketing, Product Supply, Operations, Corporate Finance, IT and Human Resources were offered.

Steel giants such as Tata Steel and JSW also participated in the process along with regular recruiters from the automotive sector such as Bajaj.

ITES/E-commerce/Analytics

E-commerce saw a massive jump in offers being extended led by Amazon. The firms in this segment include Microsoft, Amazon, Media.net, PhonePe, Flipkart, Oyo Rooms, Wipro, Microland and others. The diverse set of roles offered were Program Manager, Product Manager, Category Manager, Business Development and Operations.

About XLRI:

XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur is a premier, private management institute in India founded in 1949 by Fr Quinn Enright, S.J. in the 'steel city' of Jamshedpur (www.xlri.ac.in). Over the last six decades, the institute has grown into a top-ranking business management school of international repute with a wide portfolio of management programs and research publications. Its alumni are spread around the globe and have demonstrated responsible business leadership in their organizations. XLRI continually strives to contribute its mite to the professional growth and management of numerous organizations and institutions across industry sectors. XLRI has been awarded two prestigious International Accreditations, viz., AACSB - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and AMBA - Association of MBAs. XLRI has also earned the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) accreditation.